Higher Education

Penn. lawmakers propose dueling plans for a higher ed overhaul

Joni Finney of the Graduate School of Education says that the longer the wait for legislation overhauling higher education, the less money there will be and the harder the problem will be to solve.

Dean Mark Wolff discusses the Antisemitism Task Force final report, and more

In a Q&A with Penn Today, the committee’s chair reflects on the process and outcome of a report months in the making.

Volleyball was for girls. Now it’s booming with boys

Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education says that colleges began adding men’s volleyball as a tool to attract male students at a time of declining enrollment.

UArts’ sudden closure was a shock, but not a big surprise in the turbulent higher-ed landscape

Robert M. Zemsky of the Graduate School of Education says that the richest and biggest institutions of higher education will continue to prosper while small and vulnerable schools go out of business.

These college leaders have a plan to ‘not be sued all the time’ over sports

Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education says that any plan to de-professionalize college athletics could be a hard sell if it looks like it’s emphasizing something other than winning.

Triangle Tech to close all of its schools

Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education links declining college enrollment at Triangle Tech to students entering the workforce straight out of high school.

Local colleges jockey for displaced students amid talks with University of the Arts

Peter Eckel of the Graduate School of Education explains the various shapes that agreements to acquire specific assets of the University of the Arts could take.

Higher education needs more Socrates and Plato

In an opinion essay, PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel and Harun Küçük of the School of Arts & Sciences say that higher education must reassert its classical liberal arts ideals.

The college financial-aid scramble

Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education worries that this year’s financial-aid fiasco might diminish trust in the FAFSA system, which requires families to submit a huge amount of personal information.

With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed

Project SHARPE aims to “look at work of reparations and what campuses founded before the Civil War are doing to repair,” surveying students of African descent about their experiences on campus.

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